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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the age of six, what changes Sybil's life and the rest of the world?

2. What does Sybil remain elusive about?

3. When Sybil's friend, Danny, leaves, what personality steps in?

4. Where does Sybil find herself at the beginning of Chapter 1?

5. Outwardly, how does Sybil appear?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of case is Sybil's? Why is the author so excited to report on Sybil's case?

2. Sybil catches her parents having sex, and it scares her. Why does this severely scar Sybil?

3. How does Sybil return to her body and come back into knowledge about what has been happening to her?

4. How does Dr Wilbur make Sybil feel better about her condition?

5. What does Dr. Wilbur decide she must understand about Sybil's early life to cure her.

6. Why are many children confused or uncomfortable with their parents having sex?

7. Explain Sybil's feelings concerning her meetings with Dr. Wilbur.

8. How does Sybil cope with difficult things that happen in her life?

9. Describe Hattie's personality.

10. Where does Sybil meet Dr. Wilbur?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

First impressions are quickly shattered through the novel.

a. Describe Dr. Wilbur's first impression of Hattie and Willard Dorsett.

b. How do the Dorsett's hide their cruelty and indifference towards Sybil from other people?

c. How can money and social standing protect people who commit evil acts?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the novel, Sybil cannot understand why she must be integrated with all the selves.

1. Why must each self become fully integrated with Sybil?

2. How does Dr. Wilbur work to integrate each personality?

3. Why does she need the selves?

4. How is the creation of the different personalities different from the way other "normal" people handle trauma in their lives.

Essay Topic 3

1. As Sybil discovers more about her personalities, two selves in particular wish for Sybil to commit suicide. What two selves are they?

2. Why do these two personalities feel hatred towards Sybil?

3. How do they eventually come to terms with their negative feelings toward Sybil?

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